The ham - and pretty much the only actual food we had on Christmas Eve..

Came home late, and had some lovely Christmas drinks next door =)

I decided to open my pressies at home, on Christmas morning, rather than take them to Bray, and back again.. (Good decision as I got a lovely woolly shawl, which would now be smelling of cigarette smoke, had I brought it to Bray..) I got lovely stuff =)

Mmmmm.. This smells so good..

Christmas Day was turkey time.. (Well, ham, too..)

Omnomnom.. And some Christmas pudding..

2016 is almost over, but it still keeps killing my favourites =(

Earlier on, yesterday, there was the Russian plane crash, which killed my favourite choir, the Alexandrov Ensemble. It's so shocking, it feels unreal..

SuperValu Ireland - are you feckin' joking me? I'm a single household with no regular income, yet I am a regular customer in SuperValu Dunshaughlin, so I have earned my vouchers just as any other customer. But do you seriously expect me to have €110 or €130 to spend in one go, and just before Christmas, too?!?

Or, is it your plan to deliberately make the amount so big, that people can't afford to spend it, and therefore, won't be using the money-off vouchers?

That's a disgusting way of treating your regular customers.

The amount seems to be hiking up as well.. First, it was some money off when you spend €70 or €90.. Then, a little bit more money off when you spend €100, and now a bit more off again, if you spend €110 or €130..

Why not even divide the amounts on two vouchers (for the same week)? I'm sure, more people could afford to spend €55 in one go, to get €7.50 off. But of course, then, more customers would actually get to use the vouchers, and maybe you don't want that..?

If Lidl Ireland sold the correct brand of cat food, I would start doing all my shopping in Ashbourne. (Note to LIDL - my cats love Felix As Good As It Looks, Vegetable Selection In Jelly...)

It's only mid-November, and I'm not usually into putting up Christmas decorations this early, but the poster is a cat picture, so.. =D

Finnish rye bread with tuna, mayo, and scallions..

I meant to go shopping today, but didn't have the energy.. I'm really low on milk, so instead of tea, I decided to have a cheapo Irish coffee - instant coffee & whiskey =D (In one of the new Moomin mugs..)

I have some tealights on, and I'll be browsing the Christmas magazine, after tonight's MasterChef Australia..